Ferguson Now, Two Years After The Michael Brown Shooting

By Morning Shift
In this Nov. 25, 2014, file photo, people watch as stores burn in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed. A federal judge has chosen a monitor team to oversee reforms of Ferguson’s policing and court system. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry announced Monday, July 25, 2016, that Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm based in Cleveland, was picked to make sure reforms are adequate in the St. Louis suburb.
People watch as stores burn in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed. David Goldman / AP Photo
In this Nov. 25, 2014, file photo, people watch as stores burn in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed. A federal judge has chosen a monitor team to oversee reforms of Ferguson’s policing and court system. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry announced Monday, July 25, 2016, that Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm based in Cleveland, was picked to make sure reforms are adequate in the St. Louis suburb.
People watch as stores burn in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed. David Goldman / AP Photo

Ferguson Now, Two Years After The Michael Brown Shooting

By Morning Shift
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Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson on this day two years ago in Ferguson, near St. Louis. 

That shooting sparked weeks of protests and unrest in the community and brought international attention to relations between police and African Americans. The shooting led the Justice Department to demand that Ferguson overhaul its criminal justice system. It also ushered in a new administration. 

De’Carlon Seewood moved from the Chicago southwest suburb of Richton Park last fall to become Ferguson’s new city manager after the former city manager resigned. We talk to Seewood about the Ferguson of today.